Flexible Engine Network concepts

Technical additional documentation

This article presents some diagrams to explain two major FE network services (Virtual Private Cloud & Direct Connect). It also proposes some best practices regarding VPC transit network design and DMZ network design using firewall appliances.

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)


VPC online documentation: FE Help Center

VPCs inside domains, regions and projects:

Direct connect


Direct Connect Product description: Cloud Store

Direct Connect online documentation: FE Help Center

Hosted Direct Connect Galerie Business VPN


Hosted Direct Connect Galerie Business VPN (Premium): User guide

Business VPN Galery offer: Product page

Business VPN offer: Product page

Hosted Direct Connect ECX (Equinix Cloud Exchange/ Equinix Fabric)


FE Hosted Direct Connect ECX (Legacy): User guide

FE Hosted Direct Connect ECX (Premium): coming soon

Equinix Cloud Exchange / Equinix Fabric offer: Product Page

Equinix Cloud Exchange / Equinix Fabric offer : User guide

Standard Direct Connect (Dedicated ports)

Redundancy from 1 location (PA3)


Redundancy from 2 locations (PA3 + PA4)


Single connection with multiple VLAN


FE Standard Direct Connect (Premium): User guide

Equinix Cross Connect offer: Product page

Equinix Cross Connect offer: User guide

Equinix Metro Connect offer: Product page

Equinix Metro Connect offer: User guide

Transit VPC

1 Direct Connect 1 VPC


1 Direct Connect 2 VPC


Flexible Engine direct connect, 1 direct connect with 2 VPC

2 Direct Connect 1 VPC


2 Direct Connect 2 VPC


Firewall Appliances


Example DMZ network design using virtual firewall and custom route table: